Encoding error when saving to svgz

[sara_pixels]

Hello.  Maybe one of you can help me out here.  I'm trying to save an illustration as an .svgz file.  I keep getting this in the preview though.  That's not how the other older svgz files look in Preview, so what am I missing? 

 

[Monika Gause]

"Save as" writes old code. Use "Export for screens" instead.

[sara_pixels]

Export for screens doesn't support svgz.  How can I get to that?

[Monika Gause]

Maybe use a separate conversion tool.

[sara_pixels]

So there's no way to generate a working .svgz out of Illustrator?

[Monika Gause]

If "Save as" does not work for you, then no.

What preview is that in your screenshot? Can't you just save the file? And then does it validate?

[sara_pixels]

That is on my Mac.  When I "Export As" I can see the image just fine, just like with any png or jpg.  When I "Save As" that's what it looks like.  It will still open fine in Illustrator itself.  But you can't view the svg in a browser window.  Nothing happens.  And on my Mac, instead of seeing the image I see that error warning.  I can't seem to get around it.

 

[Monika Gause]

You can report a bug on Uservoice

And then export SVG and convert it.

[sara_pixels]

I'm not familiar with Uservoice.  And what can I use to convert that will work with Illustrator's output?  So far I've tried 3 converters and I'm still having the problem.

[sara_pixels]

And "export as" doesn't support svgz, only svg.

[Monika Gause]

Did you try different browsers for viewing the file?

Please post bugs & feature requests to http://illustrator.uservoice.com

[sara_pixels]

It doesn't even view directly in preview, in the folder where I'm keeping these.  When I drag it to a browser, just nothing happens.   I have other older svgzs that preview in the folders, so there is something going wrong with what I'm making now. 

[sara_pixels]

Uservoice is not accepting my Adobe password and will not let me post.  So, I guess that's another bug.

[Monika Gause]

You have to create an account there.

Can you save working SVGs from Inkscape?

Don't rely on Apple Preview for anything.